How much have you changed in 7 years?

..Here's one for you Kris!
------------7 YRS. AGO-------------

1.) How old were you?
21

2.) Where did you go to school?
Blaine! The hair and beauty school.

3) Where did you work?
Outback Steakhouse Medford Mass- Halla!

4.) Where did you live?
With my new fiance, Fink and Griff in Medford

5.) Where did you hang out?
Side Bar any where in Boston..I miss it!!!

6.) Did you wear glasses or contacts?
nope

7.) Who was your best friend?
A had a few

8.) How many tattoos did you have?
3

9.) How many piercings did you have?
Tounge, nose and ears

10.) What car did you drive?
Toyota Tercel (2 door)

11.) Had you been to a real party?
um Yeah!

12.) Had you had your heart broken?
nope

13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?
engaged

14.)Any Kids?
nope

-------------3 YRS. AGO-------------

1.) How old were you?
25

2.) Where did you go to school?
no more scool!!!

3.) Where did you work?
RJ Miller Salon

4.) Where did you live?
Nantucket, MA

5.) Where did you hang out?
Where didn't I? Kitty's mostley..Cinco's wasn't around yet.

6.) Did you wear glasses or Contacts?
nope, again

7.) Who was your best friend?
Has and always was Kristi, Stacy and I hung out a lot too

8.) How many tattoos did you have?
3

9.) How many piercings did you have?
just ears

10) What car did you drive?
Nissan Maxima- first big girl car 4 door!(upgrade)

11) Had your heart broken?
nope

12.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/?
married

13.) Any Kids?
Nope
--------------------TODAY--------------------

1.) How old are you?
28

2.) Where do you work?
In a hair salon at the Don Cesar Hotel St.Pete beach

3.) Where do you live?
St.Pete Florida

4.) Do you wear glasses or contacts?
still no

5.) Who's your best friend?
You know who

6.) Do you talk to your old friends?
The good ones.

7.) How many piercings do you have?
still just ears

8.) How many tattoos?
3

9.) What kind of car do you have?
Nissan Pathfinder (suv) (upgrade)

10.) Has your heart been broken?
nope

11.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?
married

12.) Any Kids?
Little Oli boy

Wow things have changed!

Oliver update

Oliver is nine months old now. I'm starting to panic about his potential to walk any day now. He's such a happy baby! We're all enjoying being able to take walks outside, we're having some really great weather right now. We've even started back up with our friends at Stroller Fit. He gets to be social with babies and I get to work out and talk with other moms. He's very busy lately. He stands up alot on all the furniture and can walk his way around while holding on to things. We find him standing up in his crib when he's done with his naps now, very cute.

All those other channels.....

Just because those greedy writers are on strike doesn't mean you have to be stuck watching reruns or worse yet Deal or No Deal. There are plenty of good shows out there to help us through this tough time. I'm having serious 30 rock withdrawls but I'm getting by. This is when it is entirely appropriate to explore those channels above and beyond the big networks. Now you can really use your cable (and DVR, P.S a must have) to it's fullest potential or atleast to get your $100/month worth. I must warn you to proceed with caution. If you have a weak stomach skip right past VH1 and move right on to the Foood Network. So here are my Top Picks and tips to get you over the "Writers Strike Blues."
DON'T BE AFFRAID OF THE SCI FI CHANNEL..
Great shows like Chuck and Heros have been appearing on Sci Fi. And if your lucky they might even air a marathon to get you caught up, and that's how you get hooked on these shows. That's how I found Project Runway and Top Chef on BRAVO. Bravo Always runs marathons of their shows to get you to watch. Hook, Line and Sinker...
GUILTY PLEASURES?
Try VH1 for some pretty questionable programing that really make you feel almost as itchy as the people that appear on them. I'm going to admit this..I enjoy Rock of Love. Bret Micheals actually seems like a pretty decent guy, when he doesn't have some sticky looking skank trying to jam their tongue in his mouth. Scott Baio's show is pretty comical if any of you want to see a man who is about to have his first child (at 48 mind you) panic so hard you think he's just going to burst something. Celeb Rehab with Dr. Drew is actually really good. Hard to take sometimes but a pretty interesting show.
LET'S TAKE SOME E!
If you don't watch The Soup on E!. Do so! Fridays at 10! It will fill you in on all the bad tv so you don't have to watch it. Hi-lar-ious!
NO MORE TOM BRADY? TRY BEAR GRILLS.
Yes that is really this mans name, and he is as insane as his name sounds. Man Vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel will take the place of football for the next 100 and some odd days untill the season starts back up again. Think he's crazy try Survivor Man also on the Discovery Channel, but she's not as cute or energetic as Bear.
HOW 'BOUT THE BBC GOV'NA?
Hidden gems I tell ya. The original Office,and Ramsy's Kitchen Nightmares. Which both have been "Americanized" but you can watch it in it's gritty damp Euro form on BBC America. Check out Coupling while on your trip.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD NETWORK IN YOUR PANTRY.
Any number of shows are great on this wonderful channel. My new fav. Good Eats with Alton Brown. Good show!
On TLC for all those parents who think thay have it tough please watch Jon and Kate plus 8. Twins and Sextuplets, nuf said.
Disclaimer:If you do not have children, and/or planning to have children someday, or are currently trying to conceive naturally or through alternative methods, or are currently pregnant or wanting to become pregnant you may not want to watch this show. It could result in a lack of sexual desire. But by all means watch their show, that women is a roll model. She'll make any mom feel down right lazy.
So there they are my picks. Channel Surf away my friends.

Simplicity for the soul

I got all comfy for this one. It's 10am and I just changed back into my sweats (yes I've already had a full days worth of errands )The baby is down for a nap, I hope is a long one, and I'm hunkered down to write this blog I've been wanted to do for some time now. I should be napping right now too, we're Ferberizing the baby this weekend. Unsure of The Ferber method? I'll jist it for ya. Don't want your child to wake up in the night anymore? Sleep in bed with you? Or demand a bottle at 3am? Try Dr. Ferber's method of getting your baby to sleep. Just one simple step. Torture you, your spouse and your child for two hours or so in the middle of the night for three to five nights in a row by not picking them up or comforting them meanwhile letting them scream it out and choke on their tears and saliva. Your baby will never have sleep issues again,ever, or atleast untill you stray from your house any time after 5pm. So if you don't hear from me in the next couple of days, don't take offence. We're zombies.
So My Father was down visiting from snowy NH, we had a great time! I'de say he's settled into retirement quite well and I'm very glad to see it!
So I was given some homework via my sisters blog that I've been putting great thought into. Things we can count on to be there for us, unwavering in their quality and reliability. So Kristi, here's to you! Thanks for the great idea and I hope all of you reading this will either have already read Kristi's (which are good ones) or will hop over to her blog and read em after this. I have a few of the same items but I have a feeling if you complete your homework and make your own list they will show up there too. And that is why I like you... E mail your list to me katiefader@yahoo.com or for fun start your own blog.
I'de like to first start out by saying that this list will not include friends and family. You know I can always count on you, so I don't feel the need to mention names..you know who you are! So here we go.. sing it with me, "Rain drops on roses and itunes and pod casts ,napping and flip flops and beautiful sunsets...These are a few of my favorite things...." Enjoy

NAPS- Weather it be on a couch, in a bed or anywhere else, there is nothing more enjoyable then snuggling up for a quicky or a good long one. This is obvously on the top of my list because it is the one I think about most often during the day.


FLIP FLOPS- Mine are black Reefs, about five years old and they reak! I love them. I wear them to work, parties, dinner out,or to the beach, you name it. They are comfy,and simple. And when I was bloated and pregnant there was no other shoe! (alothough they have a close runner up now, my brand new black mary-jane Crocks.)

PICTURES- Taking them, sharing them , looking through albums. Love'em, love'em!

GOOD SHAMPOO- And by good I mean professional products.
(and no the stuff they sell at Target and CVS isn't always the real deal...Don't buy it! pun intended)
I love my hair (most days) and even though I might get a deal on them that will always be something I will invest in! You'll go out and spend $30 on dinner one night, but no more than $5.99 at the grocery store for shampoo? It's your hair people! Take care of your hair,and it will love you back!

BOBBY PINS-I use them in my hair all the time-In a pretty up do or just to get my bangs the hell out of my face. I've even held up the hem of my pants with them.

FRENCH BREAD- No Longer a staple or even a part of my diet but I can look back fondly how many ways it has made me happy. (I'll try to keep the food items to a minimum, but isn't that what makes most of us happy? come on..)
As a sandwich, dipping it in herbs garlic and oil, as crustini, just with butter, Italian style or the best, served warm with nutella. The baguette never let me down.

I might as well keep going with the consumables. This one pairs well with the last.
WINE-It has been known to bite me in the ass from time to time but I'm still a fan of the way it can make me feel (and no, not just drunk) Like at a tasting- there is so much to learn about wine,there is this whole culture surrounding it, They even made a movie about it! I love to discover new kinds, and uncover the life each wine has.
I like to drink a nice red out of a large glass at a dark bar. A Chardonay goes great on a hot day on my patio. Like my sister, I like to start the night with something nice, Pinot Noir or Chardonay, but as the night progreses it usually dosn't matter and if it's coming from a magnum-it really must be late. I mean I'm only a few years past my days of drinking white zin.

POD CASTS/ i TUNES- (music in general)
I'll lump these together because one doesn't exsisit without the other, that I'm aware of. (Yes another thing my sister has introduced me to. Big sisters have a lot of influence, always have, always will!) POD CASTS are my new obsession. Give this one a try if you have the capability. In the I Tunes store you can subscribe to free weekly or sometimes daily POD CAST of some of your favorite things. This is the best thing I have found in a long time. Just to name a few of the ones I have subscribed to; Spanish Pod 101, a weekly spanish lesson-always great! Mannic Mommies- very funny and thought pravoking, and NPR's "Wait,Wait don't tell me" for all you screaming librals- a bit of news and political humor. And of course a one on Wine.
I listen to them on my I POD weekly at the grocery store or while driving. It's a mental vacation man! I love listening to all different kinds of music. I set my moods to music. It brings people together,and gives you something to discuss but it can also divied people and cause problems. (Just ask Scott about the argument we had one night about the Back Street Boys. Gheesh) All in All music makes life better, plain and simple and on that note...

THE GARDEN STATE SOUNDTRACK / and movie-
This is one of my stand by favoites. I've had many late nights listening to this with or without people. I absolutley love every song on this album. I can't describe the way it makes me feel, but when I'm listening to it I'm very aware of who I am.
The movie was brilliant too. Defiantley in the all time top 10- another list for another time.

SUNSETS- In Nantucket,or Florida I could watch it every day and never tire of the beauty of it and the way it can attractively end every day as if an event of it's own. (except on those cloudy days)

So I think thats good- Now I would love to hear yours. And keep in mind these are things that never let you down, and you can always feel good about yourself when you are enjoyng them- If you don't have any in mind go, find one. Try something new today and you might just find your "simplicity for the soul." I think it gives us all a little more insite to who we really are. (I might have strayed from the origianl premis a touch.)
Wow he is still asleep-nice! Although he did have shots today. Maybe I can still get my nap in.
"Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomarrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere."-Dr. Seuss
Enjoy Life!

Vote Oliver 2008

I know, I'm like one of those show biz Moms. But I'm pretty sure if Oliver was discovered he could pay for college by baby modeling (or at least a visit or two to the shrink later on down the road.) Anyway I have entered him in the Regis and Kelly Beautiful baby contest. You have to tune in to the show on Monday February 11th. If your at work at 10am like most people,I'm pretty sure you could log on that day to see the finalists. If my little pumpkin appears you need to vote for him and tell everyone you know to do the same- Mark it on your calenders. If not just to see all other cute little peanuts.

http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/contests/beautifulbabies2008/index.html

Ludachristmas

Ha, Kristi I used it! Here's to all you 30Rock fans, and if you don't watch it.


DVR it immediately!
So Christmas was fantastic!! Oliver had a great first Christmas. We put out cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer friends, I thought about leaving him a glass of wine too but I don't know how good a DUI would look on Santa's record. Scott, myself and Oliver spent some time alone Christmas eve and woke up together in the morning to our Santa gifts. Then we went over to the Fader's for the big Christmas. Oliver had so many gifts he had to go down for a nap in the middle of it all. It was great too 'cause Kristi and Alise flew down Christmas night.
They stayed with us for about a week. Mom came down for the weekend and got her fill of kissing Oliver's puffy cheeks. The week went by way too fast. We had a day at the zoo, Kristi and Alise were pampered at the Spa were I work and then spent the day by the pool. We almost got lost in the fog on one of the worst night time boat rides I've ever been on. Yes even Captain Scott got a little freaked. Alise spent more time than not in the water, either she was in a pool or hot tub or the ocean. She's like a little fish! We had a lot of beach time thanks to the great weather! And thanks to the crappy weather up north Kristi and Alise were able to stay for New years eve. Scott, Alise and Oliver pooped out early so Kristi and I dragged ourselves off the couch to watch some fireworks at the beach, in the fog. And toasted the New Year together. Thanks for the kiss Kris! Here is Kristi and I on NYE, her eyes are allergic to the flash apparently, this was the fourth try at a picture.

Now that things have settled down were back to work and waiting for the next group of people to come down..you know you want to, all that snow is getting to you isn't it?

I feel much better now.

I had to. I couldn't let those damn cookies get the best of me. I made more. And they were a hit. I'm so glad I have OCD.